Shirt construction



May 13, 1930;

C. M. WARDAN SHIRT CONSTRUCTION Filed May 16. 1928- I Patented May 13,1930 UNITED STATES CHARLES M. WARDAN, OF KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI SHIRTCONSTRUCTION Application filed May 16,

This invention relates to improvements in shirts, and more particularlyto a reinforced sleeve specially adapted for Work shirts and the like.

a; An object of the invention is to provide a construction in which thesleeve is reinforced at the point of greatest wear by a sewed inreinforcement member constructed as a part of the shirt sleeve whichwill give to the finished sleeve a neat appearance, and which willprovide a durability to resist surface wear and strain, and will alsoreinforce the upper placket opening of the sleeve.

Another object of the invention is to pro.-

vide a sewed in reinforcement member for the back of a sleeve andextending outwardly from the elbow section toward the wrist, saidreinforcement member being constructed as a V part of the shirt byturning in the edge of said reinforcement in the felling seam, therebyproviding a neat appearance, cheapening the cost of manufacture andimproving the durability of the shirt sleeve. l

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the followingdetailed description thereof, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing'in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of the back of the lower portionof the sleeve. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a reverse view of the sleeve further illustrating theconstruction.

The general construction of the sleeve is conventional, the sleeve bodybeing made up of longitudinal sections 1 and 2 to provide the taperingshape from the shoulder to the cuff The felling seam 4 extends along thelower edge of the sleeve and serves to join one edge of the longitudinalsection 1 to the longitudinal section 2 and an intermediate seam 5serves to join the opposite edge of the section 1 with the section 2.

V The lower portion ofthe sleeve is formed with an open placket aroundwhich above the cufi portion is a continuous facing strip hav- 7 ing asection 6 stitched to the edge of the rear section of the placket andbeing turned back or folded at the line 7 andhaving an extended portion8 which turns inwardly from the 1928. Serial No. 278,180.

rear edge of the front portion of the placket. The placket constructedin thismanner forms a flat closure for the sleeve. It is with thisgeneral construction ofthe shirt sleeve that the reinforcementconstituting the novelty of the present invention is associated. 3Asleeve. particularly in work shirts, having a single thickness of cloth,has a tendency to pull out at the elbows from strain and from frictionalWear. F urther more, in shirts of this character, the sleeves of whichare frequently rolled, there is a tend' ency to pull out or to rip ortear at the upper end of a placket opening. Several expediencies havebeen adopted in an effort to prevent the frictional wear, such as sewedon patches not formed as a partof the sleeve, but

.theseexpediencies have been unsatisfactory becausethey do not give tothe shirt sleeve a neat [finished appearance. Furthermore, such sewed onpatches not formed as a part of the sleeve do not take account of nor dothey prevent the ripping or tearing out of the placket opening of theshirt. c

The present construction includes a substantially rectangularreinforcement memher 9' which is applied to the sleeve portion at theelbow section thereof and is constructed as a part of the shirt byforming the vertical edge 10 as an inturned portion of the felling seam4, the connection between the edge 10 of the reinforcement member andthe sleeve proper being performed at the sametime the felling seam issewed; The reinforcement member is so positioned on the sleeve that thelower edge 11 thereoftraverses the sleeve at a -point below the foldedsection'7 of'the placket,-the attaching stitching 12forming areinforcement for the upper end of the placket it being clearthat'thestitching 12 that is utilized for connecting the lower edge 11 of thereinforcement member9 with the sleeve also serves as a reinforcing lineof stitching across the placket. Thus, with the V reinforcement member 9stitched across the-'" placket opening,'the placket opening'is soreinforced as to prevent it fromftearing out, even with unusual wear.The vertical edge 13 v of the reinforcement member as well as'the upperedge 14 of the reinforcementmember m0 are directly stitched to the shirtsleeve body by a continuation of the line of stitching 12, (Fig. 1). 7

From the foregoing description of the con struction it will be apparentthat it fully accomplishes the purposes of the invention. It

will also be understood that the invention may be'modified in variousparticulars without departing from the nature and principle thereof.

lVhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A sleeveconstruction comprising two longitudinal sections, and a felling seamand an intermediate seam securing together the adjacent edges of saidsections and forming a sleeve having-a placket opening extendingupwardly from the lower end of the sleeve be ing seam, in combinationwith a reinforceyond said intermediate seam from said fellment member onthe outer side of the sleeve and having its lower edge above saidplacket opening, and having one of its vertical edges attached to thesleeve by said felling sea-m, said reinforcement member extending acrossone of said sections and across the adjacent portion of the othersection at the upper end of said placket opening and extending beyondsaid placket opening from said intermediate seam and having its edgessewed to said sections of said sleeve. i

2. A shirt sleeve construction comprising two longitudinal sections, andseams uniting said other seam and having its edges sewed to saidsections of said sleeve above said placket opening.

3. sleeve construction comprising two longitudinal sections sewedtogether by seams along theirlongitudinal marginal portions and oneofsaid sections having a placket opening at its lower end between saidseams,

in combination with a reinforcement member on the outer side of thesleeve and having its lower edge above said placket opening andhavingone of its vertical edges attached to the sleeve by the seamtliatlis at the opposite side of the section other than the section inwhich said placket opening is formed, said reinforcement memberextending across said last named section and also across the adja centportion. of the section which; the

placket opening is formed and extending beyond said placket opening andhaving its edges sewed to both of said sections of said sleeve.

7 CHARLES M. WAR-DAN.

